Stranger Things writers deny editing past seasons
The Stranger Things writers' room has confirmed that no previous seasons of the hit Netflix series have been edited or cut. The news comes amid rumors that a scene from season one had been changed.
TVLine (opens in new tab) ran a speculative piece wondering if the Duffer Brothers had gone back and reworked a scene where Jonathan was spying on Nancy in season 1, episode 2, 'The Weirdo on Maple Street'. The episode featured the elder Byers brother looking for clues in the woods about Will’s disappearance when he spots Nancy changing in Steve’s bedroom.
In a theory from a fan on TikTok (opens in new tab), one viewer thought there was an original version of this scene where Jonathan actually took a picture of Nancy. However, the writers’ room has now debunked this with a statement on Twitter.
They wrote: "PSA: no scenes from previous seasons have ever been cut or re-edited. And they never will be." In a follow-up tweet (opens in new tab), they even clarified that the Jonathan scene in question was the same as it had always been after a fan specifically asked about it.
PSA: no scenes from previous seasons have ever been cut or re-edited. And they never will be. pic.twitter.com/H0j8JwidLsJuly 26, 2022
The initial speculation that previous episodes may have been edited came from the Duffer Brothers saying they sometimes "George Lucas" things in an interview, referring to the Star Wars director’s habit of re-editing his movies after their release.
"We have George Lucas’d things also that people don’t know about," Matt Duffer told Variety (opens in new tab). They refused to name which moments but his brother, and co-creator, Ross Duffer then added: "You do have the physical copies though, the Blu-rays and stuff – you’d have to
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